osha did nothing and why did osha do nothing because the regional office said well they do it there still are allowed to bring out 6 and maybe it's not possible to space and why was the regional office thinking that way because when the c.d.c. wrote its original report on what meat packing plant should do it gave some very clear guidelines work it masks but then the companies intervened and got c.d.c. to pull back they were both in the same price at the end of the chevys this conversation that will go on we will revisit it i promise we'll in a sentence full. i had to be hopeful because. i thought about it. dave. mike lee thank you so much also lots of science happening on you tube for you there saying thank you for bringing the voice of the voiceless america's forgotten about this story months ago as kiesha said no one is disposable keesha your words are resonating in my belly your words are resonating dave thank you very much indeed all right this is time to wrap up this conversation that we're having on t.v. but i'm taking it over on instagram so i'm certain minutes if you're watc

guidance from cal osha have been in place since the start of the pandemic. >>but these new set of standards will give officials more tools to enforce the rules what this should to do is it does expand their authority. >>and it does not allow an employer to play games with that inspector comes joe duffel is a union leader and sits on the statewide executive committee with the united food and commercial workers union he says over the last 8 months it's become apparent that businesses are saying one thing and doing another people are dying and hard to help keep workers safe just one the company's lying to you won't give you the information or makes you sit in the waiting room for 2 hours before they let you on the production floor doubles as the proposed regulations are not only a tool for cal osha to hold employers responsible. but it's an added layer of protection for workers, not only with a mandate and enforce social distancing and the wearing of face coverings in the workplace, the standards would also require employers to identify and notify all workers w

we will tell you how osha's new rules and free tests for workers that may have been exposed on the job>> a disproportionate number of black and hispanics are dying from covid. what it says about hospitals and the importance of a vaccine for everyone. >> i will let you know how much longer you need the umbrellas comes up. >> building a better bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> here we go again. tonight we are seeing empty shelves as stores run out of items like toilet paper and paper towels. >> similar to what we saw when the pandemic first hit. good evening. j.r. stone spoke with the head of california's grocer's grocers association who said no need to panic. >> reporter: empty shelves, emptying out at this safeway, the only paper product available at costco was napkins. >> i get worried when the aisles are empty. that is when i get worried. >> reporter: the head of the california grocer's association said you need not worry about the empty shelves, even as covid numbers rise and we head into the holiday. >> if you are out one day it does not mean that is the way forever. you just have t

in a letter to cal osha, new workplace standards were outlined. among them, free testing for employees and free ppe where needed. training on prevention measures, allowing for employee participation and identifying and notifying workers who may have been exposed to covid-19. the cal osha standards board is expected to meet on thursday. >>> there's a new program aimed at getting new hard to get teachers to stay put by helping keep a roof over their head offer stipends to teachers and discounted housing to those in the residency programs. the aim is to help recruit and retain educators while also immersing teachers in the communities where they work. >> in stem, and special ed, these are areas where it's been extremely difficult, with the low rate of pay that teachers are subjected to to attract and retain great teachers in these very difficult jobs. >> so far, six teachers are living in the subsidized apartments and one is receiving that statement. is california's coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen, a second public health crisis is now emergi

we will tell you how osha's new rules and free tests for workers that may have been exposed on the job>> a disproportionate number of black and hispanics are dying from covid. what it says about hospitals and the importance of a vaccine for everyone. >> i will let you know how much longer you need the umbrellas comes up. >> building a better bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> here we go again. tonight we are seeing empty shelves as stores run out of items like toilet paper and paper towels. >> similar to what we saw when the pandemic first hit. good evening. j.r. stone spoke with the head of california's grocer's grocers association who said no need to panic. >> reporter: empty shelves, emptying out at this safeway, the only paper product available at costco was napkins. >> i get worried when the aisles are empty. that is when i get worried. >> reporter: the head of the california grocer's association said you need not worry about the empty shelves, even as covid numbers rise and we head into the holiday. >> if you are out one day it does not mean that is the way forever. you just have t

>>and health administration or cal osha is set to vote on a sweeping new proposal. first while bello has more on the proposed changes. >>guidance from cal osha have been in place since the start of the pandemic but these new set of standards will give officials more tools to enforce the rules what this should to do is it does expand their authority. >>and it does not allow an employer to play games with that inspector comes joe duffel is a union leader and sits on the statewide executive committee with the united food and commercial workers union he says over the last 8 months it's become apparent that businesses are saying one thing and doing another people are dying and hard to help keep workers safe just one the company's lying to you won't give you the information or makes you sit in the waiting room for 2 hours before they let you on the production floor doubles as the proposed regulations are not only a tool for cal osha to hold employers responsible, but it's an added layer of protection for workers, not only with a mandate and enforce social distancing and t

governor reynolds: we work with osha. think we were one of the first osha teams to get into these sites. so wevided p.c.r. testing could get into these facilities and get the workers tested so we know who was testing positive and negative and start to separate so we could provide them the confidence to know that the people they were working with tested negative and provide them that information in a timely manner. we tested a lot of individuals in a short period of time to provide them the information they feeded. >> do you think the company were thwarting those good efforts? governor reynolds: this is what we are doing to help and this is critical and we have to do everything we can in our power to make sure we are protecting our work force and in order to do that, the way i could help from a state perspective was to give them the testing which was very scares. every state was scrambling to get the tests to be able to test processing plants and their constituents in general. we knew if we were going to keep the foot supp

will be decided tomorrow when the california occupational safety and health administration or cal osha. >>is set to vote on a sweeping new proposal kron four's noelle bellow has more on the proposed changes. >>guidance from cal osha have been in place since the start of the pandemic but these new set of standards will give officials more tools to enforce the rules what this should to do is it does expand their authority. >>and it does not allow an employer to play games with that when an inspector comes joe duffel is a union leader and sits on the statewide executive committee with the united food and commercial workers union he says over the last 8 months it's become apparent that businesses are saying one thing and doing another people are dying and hard to help keep workers safe just one the company's lying to you won't give you the information or makes you sit in the waiting room for 2 hours before they let you on the production floor doubles as the proposed regulations are not only a tool for cal osha to hold employers responsible. but it's an added layer of protection for workers

>>yeah, this is from cal osha, they are thinking about clamping down on businesses. they still have to vote on this plan kron four's noelle bellow tells us what it would do. guidance from cal osha have been in place since the start of the pandemic but these new set of standards will give officials more tools to enforce the rules what this should to do is it does expand their authority. >>and it does not allow an employer to play games with that inspector comes joe duffel is a union leader and sits on the statewide executive committee with the united food and commercial workers union he says over the last 8 months it's become apparent that businesses are saying one thing and doing another people are dying and hard to help keep workers safe just one the company's lying to you won't give you the information or makes you sit in the waiting room for 2 hours before they let you on the production floor doubles as the proposed regulations are not only a tool for cal osha to hold employers responsible, but it's an added layer of protection for workers, not only with a mandate

consultations as part of the new ambassador program partnership with nsf international and my osha. on the small business restart program of the small business relief program provide funds to small businesses that are struggling. as black friday in the holiday season approaches there are steps that each of us can take it the individual level to help small businesses in our communities. if you get ready for the holidays i urge you to support local businesses. and ensure you are staying safe. art wearing your masks and respecting the safety of the people that only small businesses and their employees. under the end eh h epidemic order retail remains open with strict safety measures in place. michigan barn would end mesa supports over 75 michigan artisans. they sell everything from candle comments or clothing to metal signs in the showroom. their 15000 square-foot lumberyard contains reclaimed barn wood of all colors and dimensions. most importantly they have made a commitment to stay safe to this pandemic businesses in michigan are required by law to enforce strict safety measures to

claudia is up first out of an osha, wisconsin, on the republican line. go ahead. caller: good morning. i know on the previous segment people were talking about who should get it first. my concern is increasing the number of dosages. i know that pfizer and moderna, the two leading companies right now -- and modernity has better capability for storing it at lower temperatures, but i am wondering why they cannot maybe solicit other manufacturers who already create injectables and have cold storage capabilities to try to increase those numbers , rather than having it be a social issue of who is first, but to really emphasize maybe doubling the amount of production host: that can happen. thanks -- of production that can happen. host: claudia, thanks for the question. andrew dunn? moderna, ando of pfizer come as far as when you get such a great readout, which is what they see with high effectiveness, the next question becomes how much do you make? i pulled these numbers today as we are looking at astrazeneca -- 2 million immunizations in december. moderna can immunize a

continue to put those people in place so that we push for the ppe, the defense production act, the oshaandard. it can't come soon enough. amy: jean ross, thank you for being with us, president of national nurses united. when we come back, we look at as central america. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "tukur." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. america.n to central on monday, hurricane iota made landfall monday on nicaragua's caribbean coast as a category 4, just two weeks after hurricane eta devastated communities across the region, killing at least 140 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. hurricane iota is the strongest november hurricane to ever make landfall in nicaragua. it let much of the coastal city of puerto cabezas without power, dozens of indigenous communities in nicaragua and honduras were evacuated this weekend. this is a resident of puerto cabezas who sought shelter ahead of the storm. die. could that is why we have to come here to shelter. on the case, there's nothing to eat at all. all the plantations have come

cal osha now busy investigating both incidents involving fire hoses.ase, it could issue fines. >> henry, obviously a lot of questions about how that happened last night, but glad to hear that the firefighter at least right now looking like he is going to survive. still, though, in critical condition, let's hope he pulls through. henry lee reporting live for us, thank you. >>> the contra costa county board of interferes unanimously approved new fees today for firefighting facilities in brentwood, oakley up, and incorporated parts of the county. the board is establishing fierce building new homes and commercial buildings. the fees would provide funding for the coronavirus district which has had major funding programs while trying to match population growth. >> it is something we expect to be imlimented after 60 days. we have been able to give the builders the ability to adjust their businesses accordingly, because we're well underfunded. >> those fees range from $200 per new family single home to $875,000 for 1,000 square feet of commercial operation. >>

>>today a new set of workplace rules is going to be decided on by cal osha, they're looking at making it. tougher for they want them to really keep track of covid because of the pandemic and the way it's spreading so these stronger standards. would give officials more tools to enforce the rules. >>what this should to do is it does expand their authority. and it does not allow an employer to play games with that inspector comes. >>what would they have to do well for example cal osha would mandate for social distancing wearing face coverings they would require employers to identify anybody exposed to covid if they test positive and tell everybody else who works there who might been exposed with a win in one business day. and if you have been exposed the company would be required to give you an employee free testing. also keeping records of all the cases so they could easily do contact tracing if these regulations are passed they would go into effect in early december. >>in the south bay, san jose unified school district officials say that in person learning could be delayed if classes c

it's you have to reduce osha contect use of as a p 2 must possibly end it gen tests possibly but these measures make only sense when used together one is no substitute for the other and when you when we are talking about isolating risk groups we have to be and mind that. that in germany. in the number order for germany at around 20 percent due to the demographics and due to the illnesses of population belong to a risk group so targeting only risk groups with a color on astro city will not work so sunny on a pleasure having you on the show today thank you very much thank you have a good day. if you want to hear more about europe's fight against code 19 in belgium you can download our weekly polkas science unscripted train travel to the corona hotspot of the edge to bring you the latest time for our science correspondent derek will you look into your questions on the coronavirus keep sending them in on our you tube channel. what impact is the parent to make having on the hunger crisis. predictably qubit 19 is making it a lot worse according to the united nations world food program which

wired over there that they don't get fluxus to food to medical treatment or medical care you know osha to go and if i didn't that they need something like sleeping bags blankets and set up when they were at work you know the i.o.m. wants to open another camp in the area to accommodate refugees living in the woods but locals reject the idea they often protest in front of them in hot camp demanding that it be closed journalists have been barred from covering the protest was able to say we don't want any more migrants and we're all really what we want this to be moved away from our town because it's crossed all limits our streets are full of migrants now for seconds it's when i'm going to be going to. meanwhile more and more refugees are trying to cross the border between bosnia and croatia in an attempt to reach their ultimate destination the european union even though they are often stopped at the border and pushed back they hope to make it across one day. running as. the reporter behind this story do we know what usually ends up happening to these migrants at this town do they eventual

a joint investigation is being conducted by the fire department , osha, the police department and the mta. >>> people in fremont say sideshows are increasing in their city and drivers and attendees are becoming more violent. the intersection of arden would is a hotspot drawing big crowds the last two weekends in a row. fremont police say they typically patrol the area but recently resources have been stretched thin. last night neighbors heard screeching tires in what sounded like gunfire so they went out to take photos of car license plates. the man we spoke with asked not to be identified but told us what happened next. >> when we did so, a man walked up to me and pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot me if i did not give him my phone. so i gave him my phone. it was quite scary. the first time i had a gun pointed at me. hopefully the last. i would not want that to happen again. >> reporter: a fremont councilman suspects the drivers are from out of town. he said sideshows really happen there. the neighborhood is filled with high density housing and families. city leaders are explor

supporters that say that his campaign message of law and order have resonated, especially in the ken osha ballots. president donald trump won wisconsin by less than 23,000 votes four years ago. right now the margin separating joe biden and donald trump is much less than that. hoda. >> a real nail biter there. >> let's go out west at the great state of arizona, my home state. phoenix is telling the tale at the moment but all the votes are not in -- let's put it this way, they're not counted, right? >> reporter: that's right. we know a little more about those ballots not counted. maricopa county election officials say they are done counting all of the early votes that came into before election day and the ballots cast on l s election day have been counted but the big chunk left are those dropped off on election day. joe biden has a sizable lead with 82% reporting. if arizona does go blue, we're not talking about a light blue, we're talking about the potential for two senators that are democrats from arizona, we are talking about a presidential candidate and we're also talking about the poss

treaty as capitulation, as it allows us by john to hold on to its minute to gains, including the city osha. she also have to handover 3 up the district to baku. meanwhile, refugees are returning to the russian peacekeepers a securing the key highway, connecting the area with all media have tested the route for himself and brings us this report. one of the things compounding the humanitarian disaster here is the shia ruggedness of these mountainous country for the 10s of thousands of people who fled the fighting for them to return home. they need a safe road, but because of the fighting various segments of the routes to get about under the control of different sides. what the russian peacekeeping mission has been able to do is to make the achaeans key, corridor safe for all these refugees to return. so we went for a very literal test drive to see if it's true. fresh and peacekeepers really had convinced that said by john to let mean refugees written it turned out to be a very cautious dr. the of the problem, of course, is the weather. these late in the year in november, december, it gets in

it's you have to reduce osha contect use of as a p 2 masts up possibly end it jen tests possibly but these measures make sense when used together one is no substitute for the other and when you when we are talking about isolating risk groups we have to be an mind that. that in germany. the number on the for germany at around 20 percent due to the demographics and due to the illnesses of our population belong to a risk group so targeting only risk groups with a color on astro city will not work so sunny on a pleasure having you on the show today thank you very much thank you have a good day. if you want to hear more about europe's fight against code 19 in belgium you can download our weekly polka science unscripted train travel to the corona hotspot of the edge to bring you the latest time for our science correspondent derrick will you look into your questions on the coronavirus keep sending them in on our you tube channel. what impact is the parent to make having on the hunger crisis. predictably qubit 19 is making it a lot worse according to the united nations world food program whi

votes that haven't yet been counted the biggest city milwaukee also can no show 'd the city of can osha has yet to be counted while the county around it has been counted and then there are those suburban in swing areas like door county which tends to vote for the eventual winner those votes have yet to be counted and those are states that until donald trump was elected had not voted for a republican for president since the 1980s so it could be days before we hear what happens in michigan in wisconsin there is a law that says the poll workers have to stay there and count every vote until all the ballots are counted and the folks there have told us that they expect to have an answer for early wednesday that is 567 in the morning that could be 11 greenwich mean time or slightly later than that so we're still waiting on those votes but in the end it comes down to the blue wall that decided it for obama decided it for trump and will decide likely this election as well yes the blue rules dates pivotal john thanks very much indeed john 100 the in chicago let's speak now to peter matthews who's

survivors over there that they don't have access to food to medical treatment or medical care you know osha to. until that sleeping bags blankets to use it or leave it out we're going to be i really am wants to open another camp in the area to accommodate refugees living in the woods but locals reject the idea they often protest in front of the movement camp demanding that it be closed journalists have been barred from covering the protest was a b. movie we don't want any more migrants and. we want this to be moved away from our town because it has crossed all limits our streets are full of migrants now it sickens. when it began. meanwhile more and more refugees are trying to cross the border between bosnia and croatia in an attempt to reach their ultimate destination the european union even though they are often stopped at the border and pushed back they hope to make it across one day. joining us is data is a lot of the report behind this story are a photo do we know what usually ends up happening to these migrants at this town do they eventually make their way into the e.u. . no he said m

president trump has made osha into a cadaver it has fewer inspectors than it has ever had it does nota safety standard to protect essential workers on the job right now. there is nothing they can do to protect us they don't even give us proper protective equipment joe biden will change that immediately upon taking office he will starrt to bring back inspectors, make our health and safety mean something. he will do something that president trump never did. he understands that you can't fix the economy until you fix covid-19 and you can't fix covid-19 until you protect essential workers. he will protect essential workers immediately. there will be a sea change from a worker's health and safety point of view on day one. >> what type of policy do you want to see on china something closer to president trump's? or something closer to president obama's? >> president trump did some things right on china, but he did them in the wrong way. he tried to attack china unilaterally you simply can't do that it has to be a multilateral approach president trump didn't know how to play with his allies.

essential worker still on the job are worried about covid, their safety, have not gotten the help from oshaistration that they should have. members are also concerned about jobs. we are still down 12 million jobs from where we were, unemployment is about to expire. they are looking for covid relief in that, and the health and safety. david: let's talk about the world going forward. people were talking about a blue wave, in which the senate would go democrat, majority democrat, the house would hold or even add seats, and a democrat in the white house. that didn't happen. at best, the senate will be 50/50, possibly majority republicans, and the democrats lost house in the house of representatives. what does that tell us about what the american people want? richard: if you compare this to 2018, it wasn't all that much different. in 2018, we said it was a great wave. now expectations for this election were set high, probably way too high. over 4u have is, million, a vast majority of people in this country voted for biden, they want a change in the direction. think what they want here is somebod

these are live pictures right now of the president's live rally in ken osha, wisconsin. after this, he heads to milwaukee. earlier he was in north carolina and pennsylvania. during a stop in president, president trump harshly criticized a court decision that will allow the state to count late arriving ballots mailed by election day up to three days after the election. he narrowly won the state by 44,000 votes back in 2016. >>> and rewant to show you live pictures here from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, where joe biden is holding a drive-in campaign rally. lady gaga is also scheduled to perform for the crowd as the democratic nominee wraps up his day of campaigning after a stop in cleveland, ohio. >>> democratic vice presidential nominee kamala harris is also in the key battle ground state of pennsylvania tonight. she is holding a drive-in rally with an appearance by grammy winner john legend. lauren blanchard tonight with a look at the closing hours of the presidential campaign. >> folks, ohio, one more day! >> reporter: no longer days away, now just hours, the 2020 selectio

the club would like to than the osha foundation for supporting today's good live even i like the name of that, good let event and it's my pleasure rightnow, my just overwhelming , deep, i can't even tell you how much i love this woman but it's my pleasure to welcome my very dear friensunny hostin, award-winning legal journalist and cohost of the view. ve worked with sonny ny years and we have talked about so much, we're like sisters andbrothers, we fight but it's all love . her new book is called, here it is. i am these truths. it's a memoir of identity, justice and living between worlds. it's a revealing look at her incredible story.sonny grew up in the south bronx and through hard work, through determination and the support of her parents, her family she obtained a laundry. she went on to become a federal prosecutorand was soon recognized for her prostituting crimes against women and children she is a fighter , she's in it to do good and to help people . after reading the book she went to notre dame. after the courtroom sonny became the television analyst and one of the first nation

an investigation is now underway by san francisco police, fire, muni, and cal osha.it appears that a muni bus drove over the hose yesterday, which knocked firefighter matthew vann into the air, causing him to land on his head. >> was that he's charged, means there was water the hose at the time. was it flat neither is way, the would sheriff's department be driving over hose. >> this is the second incident involving a fire hose in san francisco in less than a month. sadly, last month firefighter paramedic jason cortez died of severe head injuries after he was knocked over by a water blast and then fell three stories at a training facility. >>> coming up on ktvu at 6:30, several straights have declared winners now in the presidential election. we'll have the latest results up next. >>> also robo-calls encourage voters to stay at home, the issues we saw dead to discourage people from cam.ing their ballots. bubbles at this price? is this for real? oh, it's real... believe me. i mean this is upexpected. you would say... remarkable? absolutly. a remarkable deal. thanks. i

. >>> today cal osha is set to vote on new workplace standards to protect employees from covid-19. gets passed employers would have to identify and notify all workers with positive cases within one workday. mandate and enforce mask wearing at work, implement safety measures and employer provided housing and transportation and provide free testing in the event of positive cases at work. >> this is a standard and it would be a legally enforced standard, not just a guideline. guidelines are sort of suggestions. >> if this is approved it could go into effect as early as november 30th. >>> a father/daughter duo in southern california are participating in pfizer's covid-19 vaccine trial. they don't know whether they received the actual vaccine or placebo. dan and kirsten stefanoski will be monitored for 26 months. the father is a school district superintendent, and a colon cancer survivor. >> you have to lead from the front. it's not comfortable. you may or may not want to be there, but that's where you have to lead from. i want kids in the schools and communities to be safe. >> the oppo

a joint investigation involves the fire department is so, osha, police and the mta. >>> coming up. the race to make a coronavirus vaccine. at 10:30, the stage 3 trial underway right now at stanford university. >>> he said something along the lines of, give me your cell phone. >> up next, a man robbed at gunpoint after taking pictures of people at a sideshow. why police have yet to make arrests. >>> we are tracking the forecast and it will cool off later this week with clouds and temperatures into the 60s. we love our new home. there's so much space. we have a guestroom now. but, we have aunts. you're slouching again, ted. expired, expired... expired. thanks, aunt bonnie. it's a lot of house. i hope you can keep it clean. at least geico makes bundling our home and car insurance easy. which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. did you get my friend request? uh, i'll have to check. (doorbell ringing) aunt joni's here! for bundling made easy, go to geico.com. hello? >>> a big crowd gathered for a sideshow in fremont last night. it is a problem that people in one neighborhood say is

>will be decided tomorrow when the california occupational safety and health administration or cal osha is set to vote on a sweeping a new proposal guidance has been in place since the beginning of the pandemic but the stronger standards would give officials more tools to enforce the rules. >>what this should to do is it does expand their authority. and it does not allow an employer to play games with that inspector comes. >>new standards would mandate and enforce social distancing and wearing of face coverings in the workplace would require employers to identify and notify all workers who may have been exposed to a covid-19 positive case within one business day. the new rules would also require companies to provide free testing to all employees who may have been exposed and keep a record of all cases so they could easily traced potential exposures if regulations are passed on thursday, they could go into effect in early december. >>a fairly large dinner party at this posh wine country restaurant is under new scrutiny tonight. it involves governor newsome and executives of the californi

adopting stricter workplace safety measures to help slow the spread of covid-19 this comes as the new cal osha standards to be. >>criticized by many employers and small businesses who say that they're already comply. the guidelines are aimed at protecting farm factory and warehouse workers. some of the biggest changes are as follows businesses must educate employees on ways to prevent infection provide free personal protective equipment and offer free covid-19 testing to all employees but only if 3 or more employees contract, the virus within a 14 day period. there should also be 6 feet of separation between employees and barriers should be in place for protection. >>a new study suggests that 5 days after a person with covid develop symptoms is when they're most infectious. researchers looked specifically at covid positive patients in the hospital and found no living virus in samples taken more than 9 days after symptoms started. scientists say the genetic material of covid-19 can be detected for several weeks after infection. but they do not believe that material has the capability to infect

an investigation is underway by san francisco police, the fire department, muni, and cal osha.ove over the hose yesterday, which knocked the firefighter, matthew vann, into the air, causing him to land on his head. >> was that he's charged means there was water the hose at the time? was it that have either way we shouldn't be driving over hose. >> this is the second incident involve. a fire hose in san francisco in less than a month. last month firefighter jason cortez died of severe head injuries after being knocked over bay water blast and falling three stories at a training facility. >>> looking into the weather, a quick glance at it, after a busy night in the news, we'll look at something a little lighter, and that is the weather. we've got a pretty good air quality day today. a little bit of yellow in the atmosphere, a little bit of smoke, but not as much as yesterday. the fog offshore is still offshore. the winds are slightly onshore. look up north at seattle and portland. they're getting rain. and this is a good indication. when this starts lighting up up here, that is a

and also for establishing an osha emergency temporary standard on infectious diseases, which could enforce protections we need from our employers. thank you for that. we are also grateful that you have committed to a robust and comprehensive pandemic stimulus plan to make sure that our patients have the economic support they need. you know, we nurses, we know that we are facing immense death and suffering in the coming weeks. and we will be there. but we need to act now. we need to act quickly to protect our health care workers so that we can save as many lives as possible. thank you. >> mary -- >> i'm sorry i'm so emotional. >> no. you got me emotional. look, you know, anyone who spent significant time in icu like i did for months, umm, you know what i used to do? after i got out, i observed -- this is not covid, but i observed the incredible mental strain on nurses in icu units. you know what i did for a long time after i got out, i drove back and forth to wilmington, delaware, i commuted every day. but as vice president what i would do is i would also -- i would go out -- back out to wa

and also for establishing an osha emergency temporary standard on infectious diseases, which could enforce protections we need from our employers. thank you for that. we are also grateful that you have committed to a robustnd comprehense pandemic stimulus plan to make sure tha our patients have the economic support they nd. you know, we nurses, we know that we are facing immense death and suffering in the coming week and we will be there. but we need to act now. we need to act quickly to protect our health care workers so that we can save as many lives as possible. thank you. >> mary -- >> i'm sorry i'm so emotional. >> no. you got me emotional. look, you know, anyone who spent significant time in icu like i did for months, umm, you know what i used to do? after i got out, i observed -- this is not covid, but i observed the incredible mental strain on nurses in icu units. you know what i did for a long time after i got out, i drove back and forth to wilmington, delaware, i commuted every day. but as vice president what i would do is i would also -- i would go out -- back out to walter reed

regulations will be decided the california occupational safety and health administration also known as cal osha is set to vote on a sweeping new proposal guidance has been in place since the beginning of the pandemic but the stronger standards would give officials more tools to enforce the rules. >>just should to do is it does expand their authority. and it does not allow an employer to play games with that inspector comes. >>new standards now would mandate and in force social distancing and the wearing of face coverings while in the workplace. it would require employers to identify and notify all workers who may have been exposed to a covid-19 positive case within one business day so very fast contact tracing. the new rules would also require companies to provide free testing to all employees who may have been exposed and to keep a record of all cases that they can easily traced potential exposures if regulations are passed could go into effect in early december. >>could be a plus deals, during the pandemic plan to tell you how one store is making some changes to help love that story up next.

the new cal osha standards are being criticized by many employers and small businesses who say they're already complying. the guidelines are aimed at protecting farm factory and warehouse workers and here are some of the highlights of the new rules. it requires businesses to educate employees on ways to prevent infection. provide free personal protective equipment and offer free covid-19 testing to all employees. if 3 or more employees are infected with coronavirus within a 17 day excuse me 14 day period and there should be a 6 foot separation between employees and barrier should be put in place for protection. the holiday season is typically a very happy time of year but with the coronavirus pandemic still in full force, the magic is fizzling for a lot of families. one issue this year's food insecurity, it's been a problem since the beginning of the pandemic and right now kron 4 sanaz tahernia as live for us now in the newsroom with more on how we can help hi snus high just seen. >>the pandemic has impacted every one and one of the effects that more and more people are seeing is food

cal osha is finding a farmer john plant nearly $60,000.ations exposed more than 300 workers to covid-19. three workers were hospitalized. investigators traced some of the most serious back to february. smithfield foods plans to appeal the decision. 5:26. >>> up next, the top stories we're following today including trying to make it in the bay. the bay area cities taking action today to try to help struggling small businesses. >>> plus, state health leaders rolling out a new mandate that will make you want to have a mask with you pretty much all the time. we'll be right back. >>> right now at 5:30 going back to square one as covid cases surge, the new major restrictions going back into place today. what struggling local businesses are doing as they try to survive. plus -- >> i noticed the shelves were empty on that particular aisle. they're doing -- you can only buy so much at one time. >> empty store shelves. the changes some stores are putting in place as people start panic buying again. >>> and rain is returning to the bay area. our stor